CMBS

The private investment firm is securitizing a $265 million loan backed by fee interests in 58 well-performing properties across 12 states.

If the tally included loans with some form of payment relief, the rate would be close to 8%.

Kroll's $2 million settlement with the SEC over failing to adhere to credit-rating standards for CMBS and CLO bonds are fueling concerns that rosy credit grades are masking deeper structural problems with the securities exposed by COVID-19 related stresses, say critics.

Overall debt outstanding for delinquent commercial and multifamily mortgages cut down in September as more of the economy opens further with lodging and retail far behind, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Student housing and assisted/independent living centers were small portions of Freddie's multifamily securitizations prior to COVID, but Kroll noticed they've been missing in most rated deals since spring.

Approximately 75% of the quarter-to-quarter growth came from multifamily mortgage originations.

The Charlotte, N.C., company recently closed on a sale of its Cohen Financial platform to SitusAMC.

A new report on bank-held commercial real estate and C&I loans indicates troubled borrowers may be skipping payments on loans they won't be able to refinance or extend over the next year, leading to a potential wave of defaults over the next four to six quarters.

Some of the cures were the result of short-term remedies and could reverse as relief measures end.

While cutting losers to buy winners is an age-old investment proposition, the Covid-19 pandemic may create even more openings than the past crises that became bonanzas for real estate investors.

Brookfield Property Partners, in a JV with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, is securitizing a commercial mortgage for the newly constructed, 70-story tower near New York's revitalized Hudson Yards district.

Travel restrictions have left hotels like Miami Beach's Fontainebleau struggling to repay their mortgage loans.

A pioneer in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market argues the HOPE Act would bail out savvy investors who don't deserve it. Barclays predicts that kind of attitude will make passage difficult.

Merit Hill, a Brooklyn real estate investment firm, is sponsoring its first MBS offering secured by 78 self-storage units in 23 states.

The collateral pool consists of 59 loans for mostly older garden-style and mid-rise apartment buildings that have undergone recent upgrades and renovation.

The private-equity giant has secured a $900 million single-asset commercial loan to finance its investment in three studios where Netflix and Walt Disney will produce original programming for their streaming services.

Moody's says anchor stores like J.C. Penney and Neiman Marcus represent only a small portion of CMBS retail exposure, but their deteriorating fortunes will hasten the decline in credit quality of CMBS-held loans backed by Class "B" and "C" malls.

The single-borrower deal, sponsored by Brookfield, was pulled in the spring due to market conditions that halted most securitizations at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Tricon American Homes launches the fifth securitization since mid-May secured by loans that finance institutional ownership and management of single-family residential rental homes.

While the multifamily loan forbearance rate is lower than the most pessimistic projections, Pat Jackson says borrowers are hardly out of the woods yet.